wandered over to the academy of natural sciences. really better suited to kids, and completely overrun with school field trips. the highlights were a couple floors of stuffed animals in painted "natural" habitats from all of the continents. it's so strange to see animals that are familiar but so different... like this auk:

it's funny too because i forgot i was in philadelphia until overhearing a man telling his group of kids that he had actually seen these animal in real life - standing in front of a display of racoons, skunks, and possums. not a kid in texas that would be impressed.

20 April 2009

Last week I fell, literally, on my face resulting in a tiny black eye that has gotten darker every day. Don't ask me how- one second i was standing the next i was face down on the concrete. The bad thing was we had dinner with jack's colleagues every night last week, so one day I'm fine and the next night I have a black eye and "fell on my face" story. I can only imagine what they think about us...

19 April 2009

18 April 2009

This turner painting was by far the highlight of the museum for me today. It's so beautiful in person, it glows from within. I'm in awe of the talent, and also the age of these works. That people have preserved these pieces over so much time, through the ages, it's incredible to me.

walked over to the museum of art and all the way up the famous steps rocky trained on in the movie. i love spending the day in a museum, with no one to care if i spend as much time as i need on each piece.

14 April 2009

my sister says to get twitter, but i'm not sure. i'd like to keep this blog updated, more like a diary like it used to be, but it's so time consuming... i wish i could just take a picture with my phone and send it up with a little caption, hey i bet you can...

i don't really want facebook or twitter or anything like that. i feel like for me it can be so boring or pretentious, not really any in between. only people who would care are my sister and husband and i can just tell them what i'm doing...

i have myspace but hate to check it so i don't. when i do it just makes me feel bad for not keeping up or answering people or staying in touch. what can i say, i'm a loner...